FRIDAY MARCH 13,2009

The 14Karat Cabaret at the
Bakst Theatre!

featuring

NANCY ANDREWS

WORLD PREMIER

On a Phantom Limb (2009)

“I have told you about the birds, the cyborgs, and the drawings and objects we found, but I have not told you of the awfulness, the smell, the monstrous wind, the lacerations, and what lies beyond. The monster did not choose this for herself. “

This film explores existence, death, melancholia, nature and the supernatural. Its cyborg heroine is a metaphor for the post-modern condition, fragmented, reconstructed, hybrid, virtual, part history/part future.

Nancy Andrews’s DIY films combine live-action, documentary, puppetry, and animation forms.  Her characters and stories are synthesized from various sources, including archives and historical accounts, combined with autobiographical and fictional material.  Her films are reflections on contemporary culture, history, philosophy, and the self.  However, at root they are personal films about life and death and mystery.  Her films have been presented by the Museum of Modern Art, Pacific Film Archive, Gene Siskel Film Center, and Ann Arbor Film Festival, among others; and are in the film collections of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art. She has been the recipient of grants and fellowships from The LEF Foundation, The Illinois State Arts Council, The Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art (supported by the Jerome Foundation and New York State Council on the Arts), and National Endowment for the Arts. She is a current Guggenheim Fellow.

DICK TURNER

Paris resident and Baltimore native Dick Turner will perform songs from his POPCYCLE, his ever-growing collection of unusual, often humorous and sometimes psychologically complex songs. These songs, having such titles as "Let's Have an Orgy", "Chinese Butterfly", "Daddy's Gun" and "Empty Pens", were composed to represent the unending variety of the human experience, from the mundane to the sublime, from the absurd to questions of death and the ultimate goals of our existence.
His performances are marked by an intense theatricality as he accompanies himself on his trombone while singing to his arrangements. This concert also marks the start of the cross country tour that will lead him into the deepest heart of this Great Nation.

KAREN YASINSKY

Enough To Drive You Mad (2009)

Karen Yasinsky is a Baltimore based artist working primarily with film and drawing. Her latest animation Enough to Drive you Mad features a soundtrack by Snacks (Tom Boram and Dan Breen). The film takes as it's starting point a still from the film "Au Hasard Balthazar" by Robert Bresson. The title comes from the main character's exclamation after enduring an abusive adolescensce, mirrored in the life of her dear donkey Balthazar. Marie says "but what an awakening, enough to drive you mad." In this short animation, events are suggested but the main subject is movement and change. Marie doesn't dwell for long on her suffering. With a guest appearance by Mr. Magoo, just passing through of course. Karen's work has been screened widely at venues including MoMA, NY; International Film Festival Rotterdam; Basel Art Fair and Cinematexas. She has exhibited film installations and drawings at Baltimore Museum of Art; The Wexner Center, Columbus; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo and P.S.1, NY. This film is currently part of a one-person exhibition at Mireille Mosler, Ltd., NY.

Please Take Notice

Doors open at 7 p.m. Showtime is at 8 p.m.
The Bakst Theatre of Evergreen Museum & Library is located at 4545 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. Seats are $10 for the public, $5 for members. Seating is limited; advance reservations are required by calling 410-516-0341. A cash bar will be available prior to the performance. Free on-site parking is available.

FRIDAY MARCH 20,2009

Rupert Wondolowski's

SHATTERED WIG NIGHT

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The 14Karat Cabaret is an on-going series of performance, music, dance, film and video in an informal setting.The14Karat Cabaret is an artist-run program of Maryland Art Place supported by public admission and in-kind contributions of local businesses. The 14Karat Cabaret is located at 218 W. Saratoga Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 and is handicapped accessible.